rachmaninov's MOST famous finale 

thanks for the suggestion! it does remind me then of horowitz's which is quite fast as well and he probably got that from listening to rach

He did It fast because he couldn't play It slower due to the fact that the recording time at this time could not be very extended, no by choice

@@Ernestooooooooooo This is not true, they took many cuts in the recording and Horowitz’s recording from nearly a decade earlier is longer. Rachmaninoff was known to play his music much faster and less sentimentally. And of course he wrote vivacissimo and poco a poco Accelerando. Many people treat it like a slow movement Edit: I just found out that there's a live recording of Gieseking playing Rach 3 about 10 months before Rachmaninoffs own recording. He plays with no cuts, ossia cadenza, and with a sometimes drastically slow tempo. The recording is more than 7 mins longer than Rachmaninoffs. It wasn't a question of technology, if Rachmaninoff wanted to slower, he couldve.

​@@skylarlimexHorowitz and Rachmaninoff knew each other very well. Horowitz even called him his best friend after his death!

thanks! i personally feel that rach sometimes lacks that bit of subtlety compared to the german composers but there's no doubt that his music is masterfully created. big fan btw :-)

thanks for the advice!

completely agree! mostly by going V-iii instead

He means it would be out of range if the piano continues playing the melody. Which is why it plays two bars of supporting chords instead.

If the melody continued in the piano, it would play a C#8 and D8, which are out of range.

Thank You!@@ninjafruit816